Advaitha Sriramaneni, ACA

Advaitha Sriramaneni is an ACA counsellor who has worked across mental health, trauma and rehabilitation. She supports people dealing with grief, adjustment to injury, family and domestic violence, and a range of ongoing life stresses. Her experience includes both short-term and longer-term individual counselling in community, employment and private practice settings.

Advaitha uses a warm, person-centred style and pays close attention to building trust. She focuses on each person's strengths and practical steps they can take right away. Sessions tend to emphasise clear strategies and small changes that add up over time.

Her work draws on evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. These approaches are used to help with anxiety, depression, trauma-related difficulties, relationship concerns and coping with life transitions.

Advaitha is particularly interested in supporting people through periods of change and recovery. She aims to help clients increase confidence, resilience and independence in their personal and vocational lives. Her manner is steady and practical, with an emphasis on realistic goals and doable steps.

Sessions are offered in English and Telugu. People looking for help with stress, addiction, parenting strain, career questions or trauma can expect a collaborative process that blends listening with hands-on techniques.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal skills and can help with intense emotions and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels doable. Together you will try methods and adjust them based on what helps you most in day-to-day life.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use mindfulness practice and skills training from home and bring tools into real-life situations between sessions. Appropriately qualified counsellors can adapt exercises so they work well in an online setting and tailor sessions to individual needs.